Latonya Williams Prof. Gibson ENGL 1101 24 January 2013 Tan‚ Amy. “Mother Tongue.” 1990. Connections: Guide to First-Year Writing @ Clayton State University. Ed. Mary Lamb. Southlake‚ TX: Fountainhead‚ 2012. 63-68. Print. In Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” (1990)‚ she emphasize that her mother’s way of speaking English has created a cultural wall. Tan used truth from her life and her mother’s personal experiences to express how society treats people who speak poor English. Tan’s purpose
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2.6 Some Factors that Influence Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement There are two factors that influence the students’ reading comprehension achievements and they are related one another‚ they are: internal factor and the external factor. 2.6.1 The Internal Factor The internal factor means the factor which come from the reader himself (Kahayanto‚ 2005:13). Or usually known as personal factor‚ because the factor has existed inside the reader. This factor dealt with self-motivation and
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RUNNING HEAD: READING PHILOSOPHIES Reading Philosophies Reading Philosophies Leaning is a process is which knowledge is gained. How it is obtained‚ has lead educational theorist to debate which style of learning is best for literacy. From Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Lev S. Vygotsky‚ people have searched for a universal approach that all children may benefit from their expertise. Two such concepts‚ constructivism and explicit instruction have been discussed throughout the years. Each
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Reading Methodology: Oral Recitation Lesson * The Oral Recitation Lesson (ORL) is an instructional procedure that incorporates direct and indirect instruction during small-group reading instruction. ORL helps the teachers to use it easily with basal reading programs‚ especially with students who experience difficulty in learning to read. * ORL is a part of fluency improving reading program. The strategies of ORL will focus on improving
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW A. Reading Comprehension 1. The Definition of Reading Comprehension There are many experts who give the definition of reading. One of them is Aebersold and Field. They say: “...‚ reading is what happens when people look at a text and assign meaning to the written symbols in that text‚ further‚ the text and the reader are the two physical entities necessary for the reading process to begin (1997: 15).” It means that when someone sees written symbols in
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Five parts of the SQ3R reading technique would be subtitles‚ titles‚ bold words‚ headings and prior knowledge. Subtitles and titles help you to understand what the writing is about and what information is in the writing. When reading or scanning over a book‚ the title is the first thing you will come across. The bold words in the reading are words that are important in the reading‚ and are words that you need to remember. They are usually the key words that are in the reading. The key words are the
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Reading newspaper is a very good habit. We cannot think of modern life without the newspaper. It is a storehouse of knowledge. Reading newspapers broaden our outlook and enriches our mind. Reading english newspaper is a good way to spending our leisure properly. A newspaper is very helpful to us. It brings news of home and abroad. The economic situation of a country is described in it. It also brings news of tread and commerce‚ games and sports. It also helps the growth of public opinion. It gives
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sovereign states and a second language or a foreign language in other countries which is of common knowledge that improving the teaching of English in our schools is a universal effort. The concept of Reading Comprehension is that comprehension is directly related to the surface of our language process. Reading Comprehension is the ability to read text‚ process it and understand its meaning. An individual ’s ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills‚ one of which is the ability
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Reading and writing is something not many people enjoy to do‚ however there are still a handful of people that enjoy reading and writing. In the modern age not many young people like to write including myself. When I have to write a paper‚ I usually do my best work the last minute. Although I do not like to stay up late‚ it is still when I do my best work. Even though I do not enjoy writing‚ however I like reading some books for example The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Summer reading is one
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Robot waiters never lose patience Last updated 05:00 23/12/2010 ROBOT WAITER: Robots serve as entertainers‚ servers‚ greeters and receptionists at the Dalu Robot restaurant. Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at the Dalu Robot restaurant‚ where the hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips. The restaurant‚ which opened this month in Jinan in northern Shandong province‚ is touted as China’s first robot hotpot eatery
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